Chaos And anger in Lebanon where for the second consecutive day thesynchronized explosion of wireless devices supplied with the Hezbollah militiamen and also of solar panels he did at least 14 dead And 500 injured. After thousands of pagers went off at the same time on Tuesday across the Country of Cedarsto Damascus and in the Eastern Syria (in an operation that even the creator of Fauda Avi Issacharoff called it “beyond imagination”), this afternoon another wave of explosions shook the Lebanese citizens. The situation is such that in the evening the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his government was preparing for “possible scenarios” of a great war with Israel.
In many cities residents poured into the streets protesting in total disorientation. A car of theUnifil was attacked with stones thrown at Shot from a group of civilians. Military Walkie Talkies and fingerprinting devices were detonated in several locations across the country, including the district of Dahiya to Beiruta stronghold of the Shiite group, and in Southern Lebanon. Images relaunched by local media show apartments in flames inside apartment buildings, burned cars, thick black smoke, people fleeing and despairing. Witnesses reported numerous ambulances taking the wounded to hospital. Other explosions were reported by Saudi media in Iraqin the headquarters of the terrorist organization at Hashd al Shaabi to Mosulat the same time as the explosions in Lebanon. In the southern suburbs of Beirut, explosions of devices occurred during the funerals of members of Hezbollah killed in pager attacks on Tuesday. 1,600 are still reportedly hospitalized with injuries, some very serious. Five hundred militants lost their sight when their pager shattered to pieces. And the Iranian ambassador to Beirut is also said to have lost an eye and 19 pasdaran were killed in Syria. But the Ayatollahs deny it.
On the eve of the public speech of the head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallahthe cousin and chairman of the group’s Executive Council Hashem Safieddine he was clear: “These attacks will certainly be punished in a unique way, there will be a bloody revenge,” he said. Meanwhile Israel is silent. Despite the execration of half the world, the institutions of Jerusalem they didn’t bat an eyelid about the ‘beeper affair’ for two days straight. Tehran he accused the whole West of “hypocrisy” and Israel of “massacre”. Fly spoke of a “hybrid war”, the secretary general of theUN António Guterres warned of a “grave risk of dramatic escalation in Lebanon,” with the Security Council scheduling an emergency meeting for Friday. Secretary of State USA Antony Blinkenvisiting the Cairo for negotiations on Gaza which continue under the radar, has ruled out that Washington was aware of or involved in the cyberattack.
But the operation that literally left the Shiite militiamen stunned apparently could no longer be postponed. According to sources USA quoted by Axioswhich would have been triggered by the fear that the intelligence of Hezbollah was about to discover the creative cyber raid: “It was a ‘use it or lose it’ moment,” he reportedly said Israel to the United States on the timing of the attack. A former Israeli official explained that the intelligence had planned to use the booby-trapped pagers as an opening shot in the war to paralyze Nasrallah’s fighters. And to reduce civilian casualties. But in recent days it seemed that the secret was about to leak out and Benjamin Netanyahu gave the green signal. In the evening, the voice of the Minister of Defense from the Jewish State was raised Yoav Gallant: “The center of gravity is moving north through the transfer of resources and forces. We are at the beginning of a new phase of the conflict,” he told the troops. Confirming the morning’s reports that an entire division had left southern Gaza to reach the border with Lebanon.
To reinforce the fear of aescalation soon the fact that the chief of staff Herzi Halevi approved the attack and defense plans for the northern region: «Israel is ready to use military capabilities not yet employed. Hezbollah will have to pay a high price if the conflict continues,” he warned.